TBESH · H4026G
מִגְדָּל · mig.dal · (Hananel) Tower
Combined with cha.nan.el (חֲנַנְאֵל " of Hananel" H2606) This name means tower
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מִגְדָּל (mig.dal) means “(Hananel) Tower” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: mig-dawl' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
מִגְדָּל · mig.dal · (Hananel) Tower
Combined with cha.nan.el (חֲנַנְאֵל " of Hananel" H2606) This name means tower
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מִגְדָּל · mig.dal · Tower (of the Hundred)
Combined with me.ah (מֵאָה "hundred" H3968) This name means tower
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מִגְדָּל · mig.dal · Tower (Of the Ovens)
This name means tower, elevated stage
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מִגְדָּל · mig.dal · tower
1) tower 1a) tower 1b) elevated stage, pulpit 1c) raised bed
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also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from H1431 (גָּדַל); a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
KJV glosses: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the tower | 6 |
| and the tower | 5 |
| tower | 5 |
| in the tower | 3 |
| towers | 3 |
| and towers | 2 |
| her towers | 2 |
| is like the tower | 2 |
| the towers | 2 |
| a tower | 1 |
| a watchtower | 1 |
| and from the tower | 1 |
| and in the fortresses | 1 |
| are like towers | 1 |
| as well as the tower | 1 |
| from | 1 |
| from the tower | 1 |
| from watchtower | 1 |
| in your towers | 1 |
| is like a tower | 1 |
| its | 1 |
| of the tower | 1 |
| platform | 1 |
| towers on it | 1 |
| when the towers | 1 |
| with a tower | 1 |
| your towers | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and the tower | 6 |
| of the tower | 5 |
| tower | 5 |
| the tower | 3 |
| and towers | 2 |
| from the tower | 2 |
| the towers | 2 |
| towers | 2 |
| a tower | 1 |
| and a tower | 1 |
| and in the castles | 1 |
| and thou o tower | 1 |
| as a tower | 1 |
| as the tower | 1 |
| flowers | 1 |
| from beyond the tower | 1 |
| her towers | 1 |
| it unto the tower | 1 |
| like the tower | 1 |
| like towers | 1 |
| of it even unto the tower | 1 |
| on the tower | 1 |
| thereof from the tower | 1 |
| this tower | 1 |
| thy towers | 1 |
| to be on the towers | 1 |
| to the towers | 1 |
| unto the tower | 1 |
| upon a pulpit | 1 |
| were in thy towers | 1 |
| when the towers | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 43 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Read word by wordThen the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.
Read word by wordSo Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
Read word by wordHe also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
Read word by wordOn hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
Read word by wordAnd when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,
Read word by wordSo each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.
Read word by wordBut there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
Read word by wordWhen Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
Read word by wordNow the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
Read word by wordThe Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
Read word by wordHe defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
Read word by wordAzmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses.
Read word by wordSo he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.6
Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
Read word by wordSince he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
Read word by wordAnd in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously until he became powerful.
Read word by wordHe also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
Read word by wordThen Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
Read word by wordAt the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
Read word by wordMalchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another section, as well as the Tower of the Ovens.
Read word by wordand Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh
Read word by wordand the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
Read word by wordAnd next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.
Read word by wordEzra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
Read word by wordThe second thanksgiving choir proceeded to the left, and I followed it with half the people along the top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,
Read word by wordover the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
Read word by wordMarch around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 48.13
For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 61.4
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Read word by wordYour neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
Read word by wordHis cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
Read word by wordYour neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.5
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
Read word by wordagainst every high tower, against every fortified wall,
Read word by wordHe dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
Read word by wordAnd from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Read word by wordYour mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”
Read word by word“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
Read word by wordThey will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.
Read word by wordHe will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.
Read word by wordMen of Arvad and Helech manned your walls all around, and the men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their shields around your walls; they perfected your beauty.
Read word by wordAll the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
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